About

Elissa Strauss writes about gender, culture and religion. She has a regular column in TheWeek.com and the Jewish Daily Forward, and is a regular contributor to Elle.com. Her work has also appeared in places like the New York Times, Slate, Salon, Jezebel and the American Prospect. Previously, she covered New York's Latino community for the New York Daily News.

Elissa is the co-artistic director of LABA, a non-religious Jewish house of study for culture-makers at the 14th Street Y in New York City.